Punk group Anti-Flag have confirmed their own festival, appropriately named ANTIFest, to take place in the UK on May 3rd 2012. The festival will be held at The Forum at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield, featuring a range of bands throughout the day. More info can be found below:

We all know that the mainstream in the last few years have been dominated by manufactured boy bands, passing themselves off as more than mere pop bands by their ability to play instruments, and in some cases not even then. We all know who I’m talking about. They took pop-punk and soiled its good name, and warped it beyond recognition. However, something seems to have kicked in in 2011, are we growing tired of this mainstream bullshit fad? Probably not, but growing in the underground is a movement that is growing stronger and stronger by the day and is even starting to make its push for broader horizons.